COUNTENANCE is back! Available as of October 22, 2018; bringing more story to readers.

Republishing seemed a little odd to me when the publisher and I first considered the option. I won’t go on and on about my thoughts of republishing. I am very happy with the newCountenance“>UNTENANCE. The experience has been wonderful because I was able to include parts of the story that earlier editors cut.

Tennessee — Feels Like Home

The story brings
action in one of my favorite parts of the country. The mountains of Tennessee lend themselves to
wonderful bed and breakfast experiences. The Playhouse Inn is not alone in
offering ‘home away from home’ places.
The amazingly beautiful rivers and mountains draw visitors from all over
the world seeking the power and peace.
My heart is flies so far from Alabama home to other earthly spaces that
are just as much ‘home!’ I feel at
‘home’ in Tennessee and Ireland especially.
Maybe that is why paranormal experiences come so easily as I have ‘homes
of the spirit’ along with an Alabama home.

COUNTENANCE will always be close to the hearts of
faithful, longtime readers. Many know
the story of how the title came to me during a quiet time shortly after my
mother passed on. Following the title
gift, the rest of the story flowed out rapidly. Additionally, I have long known
there is much more to the stories of Sylvie Wolcott, Nealey, Benton and the
other valued characters. You can expect
COUNTENANCE sequels in the future.

COUNTENANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR READERS

For today, please
visit the links and treat yourself to your own copy of the ‘new and improved’
COUNTENANCE.

Early reviews at Chanticleer Book Reviews were positive with tidbits from the story and the reviewer’s perception of the writing. Thank you, M Corvice, at Chanticleer for reading and reporting. Chanticleer Review

Amazon reviews are
accumulating from the first release in Kindle edition. By the time you read
this, the story will be available at Amazon, Kobo and paperback.

Tomorrow morning — October 18, 2016, will be another bit of delicious excitement for me! I’ll be joining the Talk of Alabama program as a guest.
You may be able to get early links at the Talk of Alabama Facebook page and later there may be a small video at the website for

This exciting adventure all began with the announcement that COUNTENANCE was a recipient of the Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal Awardin the Supernatural Category. A friend recommended that I let the TV station know about the award and the fun began!

COUNTENANCE has been having its own wild adventure this year with featured places at local book signings, a book fair in Ireland, the upcoming award ceremony at Readers’ Favorites and now a bit of time with Talk of Alabama. Seems as if I’m just getting my Alabama balance after that delightful trip to Ireland with Parris Afton Bonds.

If you’ve read COUNTENANCE and have left a review for me on Amazon, I am so grateful. If you haven’t had a chance to do that, I would truly appreciate your effort and your opinion. I’ve written other stories since COUNTENANCE was printed, with another soon to be ready, and loved everyone of them. But, COUNTENANCE will always be a favored work.

If you’re looking for a great read, there is information about COUNTENANCE and all of my published work here and here! Enjoy yourself…go ahead, make my day!

When your friends are looking for some good reading, please send them over to check out my books. I would love to have them join you at the Angel Pack.

Readers have their own favorite parts and pieces of COUNTENANCE. Some love to read the descriptions of the Playhouse Inn. The decor is richly described from the unusual flowers through the draperies and furnishings along with tableware. Even the not-so stylish kitchen decor!
Then there are some who love specific characters and hope to see them in future stories.
Some folks are intrigued with Sylvie’s magical cooking. The Double Crust Butterscotch Apple Pie Recipe from Sylvie’s collection which I have included at the end of the story have brought forth inquiries about a cookbook possibility

If you’ve read and reviewed COUNTENANCE for me on Amazon and/or Good Reads, I appreciate your vote of confidence. If you’ve read the story and haven’t reviewed yet, I would so very much appreciate reviews when you can get around to them.

The times you all have spent with me along with COUNTENANCE and other novels or stories are the inspiration for future writing and more stories for you to enjoy.

Over 650 winners and finalists in over 120 categories are featured on the 2016 Award Contest Winners page of the Readers’ Favorite website.

You can learn more about Readers’ Favorites at their website (http://readersfavorite.com), but I am impressed that this is a group of authors for authors. The staff and many of the reviewers are authors and have been through the ropes of publication. They respect and support authors who self-publish and those who prefer to work with publishers. There are forums for authors, articles and resources to help and encourage everyone.

I’m going to be proud as anything to be acknowledged and to be able to ‘walk the stage’ in Miami to receive the award at the Banquet where over 300 authors and guests will be enjoying the speakers and presentations.

A friend is flying to Miami with me to make the trip even more fun. If you and I are friends on Facebook, you know we’ve been having some fun about what I should wear to the banquet!

So many wonderful things are happening for COUNTENANCE this fall — becoming a wonderful ending to a special year in my life and my writing.

The recognition of being included in book signing events here at home and in Ireland, being awarded this Silver medal and receiving all of the encouragement from readers stimulates my inspiration for more writing. I wans to stress over and over how much I appreciate your reviews. A little thing like a review on Amazon becomes a HUGE boost in Amazon’s participation in marketing… participation that lets me apply time and energy to writing more stories.

I appreciate the Angel Pack and all the encouragement there. If you know others who would like to be in contact and join the Angel Pack, please let them know about it and please let them know how much their reviews help me.